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S. RIVELiS. ATTACHMENT DEVIQE F0 R SHOE BUCKLES. APPLICATION FILED AUGI), ms.

Patented May 6, 1919. 1 16K Z SAMUEL RIVELIS, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

ATTACHMENT DEVICE FOR SHOE-BUGKLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 6, 1919.

Application filed. August 5, 1918. Serial No. 248,240.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL Rivnms, a citizen of the United States, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, tain new and useful Improvements in Attachment Devices for Shoe-Buckles,o1": which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an attachment device whereby an ornamental buckle is supported and attached in proper relation to a pump, low shoe or slipper, the attachment device holding the buckle in place over the tongue.

It is the advantage of my device that it is capable of being readily attached to any form of shoe, and that it likewise adapts itself to the support of any form of buckle, fitted with the usual central upright or bar, or other attachment means.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure T represents a low shoe, having a buckle attached to it by my device. Fig. 11 is a perspective view of my device; Fig. 111 a similar view of the buckle, and Fig. IV a central sectional view, showing the relation of the attachment device to the buckle and shoe.

h'ily upright 2, and lugs 3, formed on the of the upright.

The base consists of a strip of metal, having its long edge concavo-conveX, and its ends rounded, as shown in Fig. II. The concavity of the inside edge corresponds roughly to the curvature of the arch of a foot over the instep. The base is pierced by a series of holes 5, by means of which it may be securely attached either by sewing or stapling to the shoe, immediately over the instep, and at or near the point where the tongue, if any, is attached The upright 2, is attached to the base centrally on the concave side. The upright consists of a flat strip dished or corrugated centrally, as shown in Fig. II, whereby it is both strengthened and rendered more readily attachable to the bar of a buckle.

On the sides of the upright are formed lugs 8-3, there being preferably some three to five lugs on each side arranged in alternate relation to each other, and long enough device comprises a base 1, a central sldes hai e invented cerwhen turned forward and over to inclose and hold the bar of the buckle down against the upright.

The foregoing parts are all conveniently formed integrally by stamping from a single piece of sheet metal.

In order to increase the strength of the device, and its capacity to support the bar of the buckle in upright position, the lower end of the upright is flared at either side as it merges into the base, the flares forming supporting and strengthening webs at 6-6.

In use, the base is attached to the shoe or slipper by thread or staples in proper position, its shape enabling it to conform to the shoe and the foot within it. The bar of the buckle is then laid parallel with the upright, and the lugs turned over to grasp the bar, as shown in Figs. I and IV of the drawings.

It is an advantage of my invention that it is capable of adapting itself to any form of buckle. The bars of buckles vary much in shape and dimension, length, width and thickness, but this supporter, having an upright or standard parallel with the bar, with lugs folding over it, is capable of attaching itself to varying shapes and sizes of buckle bars. If the upright is too long, as when a very small buckle is to be used, the upper end can be clipped off with shears, leaving the remaining part capable of performing all the required functions.

Some ornamental buckles have no bars, but slots, to which the upright may be attached by cutting off the lugs and thrusting the upright through the slots.

It will be understood that in describing certain details of my attachment device, as I have illustrated it, I am not thereby asserting such details to be essential to my invention, which is defined in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. An attachment device for shoe-buckles formed of a single piece of metal and comprising a base strip; an upright integral centrally with the base, and lugs formed on both sides of the upright.

2. An attachment device for shoe-buckles, formed of a single piece of metal and com prising a concavo-convex base, pierced by a series of attachment holes, and having curvature corresponding to the arch of the human In testimony whereof I hare hereunto foot; and an upright curved or dished in slgned my name at Philadelplua, Pennsylcross section, integral centrally with the Vania, this 23rd day of J uly 1918.

base, and having a lower end flaring as it SAMUEL RIVELIS. merges into the base to form strengthening Witnesses:

Webs; together with lugs along either side of JAMES H. BELL,

the upright in alternation with each other. E. L. F ULLERTON.

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